I’m a mold maker focused on injection molds (and some compression) and looking at RJG Master Molder I and an Autodesk Moldflow intro; did either change how you gate, vent, or spec steel on the bench? We build mostly 8–16 cavity H13 hot runner tools, and I’d prefer weekend or online options — bonus if anyone has experience with NX Mold Wizard classes that translate to less EDM/polish rework.
“NX Mold Wizard” paid off when I started building shutoffs from the Parting tool and running Check-Mate draft checks before CAM; swapping knife-edges for 0.5–1.0 mm radii let us 3-axis finish and cut EDM/polish about 30%.
RJG Master Molder I pushed me to vent more aggressively: 0.0008 in on ABS with about 1.5 mm land and add end‑of‑fill micro‑vents; paired with “shorten the gate land to about 1 mm,” it killed burns on an 8‑cav H13 valve‑gate tool and shaved a couple percent off cycle. Moldflow intro helped me sanity‑check shear rate and set a valve‑open sequence to balance 16 cavities; MM1 isn’t very weekend‑friendly, but their online Essentials is a decent warm‑up: RJG Academy - RJG, Inc.. Do you run valve gates, and are you open to tweaking land and sequence together?
Quick win: the Moldflow intro was enough for me to trust the Air Traps plot and add 0.03 mm end‑of‑fill micro‑vents on PP, and the Gate Freeze Time check let me shorten valve‑gate land to about 1 mm; just override H13 thermal data or the freeze gets optimistic. NX Mold Wizard trimmed EDM for us by building shutoffs from Parting and adding 0.3 mm radii on lifter faces (saved two electrodes, like finding quarters in the chip pan); @ella2190, have you seen the same, and are you mostly running PP or ABS?